The Best Tricks to Boost Your Bars: How to Fix Poor Reception on Your iPhone or Android

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more.

You're driving, you need directions, and suddenly your connection melts away. The three most important bars on your screen, the signal bars, simply disappear. Your GPS freezes, and suddenly you're not so sure you're on the right way to your relatives' house for the holidays. Another festive occasion ruined by lack of phone signal? Sounds like it.